Rumsfeld put Bible Quotes on the cover pages of security briefings

1. Oh… My… God – Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld used to plaster the cover sheets of his daily security briefings to President George W. Bush with photos of American soldiers in the field overlaid with quotes from the bible.  If those ever would have leaked, the “is this a holy war?? Christianity vs. Islam” fallout would have been really really ugly.  The un-professionalism at the highest levels is nothing short of disheartening, that is, if this is all as true as the author believes it to be.  Which I’m sure it’s not.  (From GQ and the NY Times) Oh, and by the way… this mixture of Scripture and policy isn’t anything new.  (From the Huffington Post)

2. Obama Admin. to Car makers: 35.5 mpg by 2016 - Emissions standards to get stricter.  We’ll see.  (From the Washington Post)

3. U.K. Speaker of the House Stepping down - He’s been forced out over his handling or lack there of, of the expenses scandal.  Seems that the politicians in Britain like their taxpayers to foot the bill for everything.  Even porn.  (From Global Post and Reuters)

4. The Valkyrie story, without having to watch Tom Cruise - Thinking about getting Valkyrie on DVD?  You could just read this instead.  Get the background on the plot(s) to assassinate Hitler, and avoid all the awkwardness of Tom Cruise at once?  Whatta deal!  (From the New Republic, video is of Tom Cruise at some Scientology thing and yes that’s a picture of Scientology’s founder L. Ron Hubbard which Mr. Cruise salutes with gusto at the end.)

5. Favre… it ain’t over… yet. - Unless Brett Favre comes down with leprosy, I’m not counting him out.  He’s really off his rocker and destroying what’s left of his legacy.  (From Si.com)